Robert Vadra

Robert Vadra is an Indian businessman notable as the husband of Priyanka Vadra and a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family by marriage. He was born to Rajinder and Maureen Wadhera on 18 April 1969. Rajinder Vadra hails from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh and Maureen was of Scottish origin (maiden name: McDonagh)., 20 September 2003, The Times of India

Robert may have met Priyanka Vadra, the daughter of Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi at the house of common expatriate friend Ottavio Quattrocchi. Subsequently he married Priyanka Vadra on 18 February 1997. They have two children.

He had one brother Richard Vadra who was found dead in September 2003 at his Vasant Vihar residence, and his sister Michelle died in a car accident in 2001. His father on 2 April 2009 under suspicious circumstances, but the story was not published widely by the Indian media. Rajinder Vadra in an was highly critical of his son Robert and said that after the wedding with Priyanka Vadra, he disowned his son.

Controversies

Many of his critics slam media for not reporting his assets which he made in limited time. Robert became a billionaire within small period of time.He, along with other VIPs like HH the Dalai Lama and the Chief Justice of India, has been exempted from frisking at airports. The list of such VIPs was compiled and forwarded to the concerned authorities by the government on 26 September 2005. Others on the list include the President, the Prime Minister, former...
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